SEPA hopes you’re already making plans to attend the 2018 conference. The dates are 5 to 9 June. The host institution will be the Pink Palace Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, site of the newly-renovated AutoZone Dome at the Sharpe Planetarium. The conference hotel is the Holiday Inn, University of Memphis. Planetarium Director Dave Maness has an experienced staff and promises a conference to rival past events.

But wait! Suddenly the 2018 Conference has grown to include WAC. WAC is the alliance of western planetariums in the U.S. and includes the Great Plains Planetarium Association, Rocky Mountain Planetarium Association, Southwest Planetarium Association, and the Pacific Planetarium Association. Because of the proximity of Memphis to the western regions, a large turnout is expected.

For updated conference information, please refer to the SEPA Journal Southern Skies, the SEPA Website, www.sepadomes.org, and the next issue of Planetarian.